A new life for Teddy and Sky
Left behind in the garden
When we received an email in October, we couldn’t help but help. A teacher from Vienna had contacted us and told us about two dogs from Hungary. “They urgently need a warm place to stay for the coming winter. The dogs live in a kennel in the garden – in the heat as well as in the freezing cold, without love, exercise and attention. Now the owner of the dogs has moved out and left them in the kennel – for a month now,” said the lady, horrified. Local animal lovers fed the dogs, but that was all they could do.
Teddy, the golden retriever, is eleven years old and probably wouldn’t survive the winter as he already has a cough and diarrhoea. He struggles with the cold and the intense heat in summer. Sky, a beautiful female husky, is eight years old, fit and healthy. However, she probably has a hunting instinct because she is completely underchallenged.
We were worried about Teddy’s state of health alone and if we don’t help them now, these dogs will face an uncertain fate. We couldn’t let go of the story and, against all reason, we agreed to help the two of them. This would not have been possible if the Gut Aiderbichl Carinthia team, led by estate manager Markus Leitner, had not made the impossible possible. They made room for Teddy and Sky, so we were able to bring the two Hungarians to Carinthia.
We cannot understand why people act in this way and it is not up to us to judge. But we can enjoy the fact that we have helped animals in need. And we have done so again this time. The dogs are now safe, are receiving medical care, which Teddy in particular desperately needs, and above all – lots and lots of love.
Every day, we receive an incredible number of enquiries from animal lovers who want to help animals. From a small mouse to huge oxen, it’s all there. Every day we try to help as many animals as possible. But even the capacity of Gut Aiderbichl, with its more than 30 farms and estates in six countries, is exhausted at some point.
We are therefore delighted when we are able to find loving homes for our young, healthy animals. If you are interested in husky Sky, you can get to know her here on our homepage.
I am with you, however far away you may be, you are close to me! The sun is setting, soon the stars will shine for me. Oh, if you were there!
– JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
